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2025 County Report

Fires in Livingston County, NY

In 2025, fire departments serving Livingston County responded to 547 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss.

73,863 residents FIPS 36051 87 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
547
3,309 across 5 years
Building fires
51
23 wildland
Property loss
$176K
$150K structure · $26K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.

547
Total Incidents
Authorized controlled burning 246 45.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 69 12.6%
Building fires 51 9.3%
Power line down 30 5.5%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 28 5.1%
All other categories 123 22.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Livingston County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 71
Feb 41
Mar 72
Apr 40
May 59
Jun 61
Jul 32
Aug 45
Sep 48
Oct 41
Nov 27
Dec 10
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Livingston County

3,309 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 341
2022 914
2023 866
2024 641
2025 547
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 51 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
8%
1
Cause undetermined
33%
4
Intentional / arson
25%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
33%
4
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

4 fires · $150K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Livingston County during 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 CONESUS Building fires Significant
2 $1 CONESUS Power line down Significant
3 $1 CONESUS Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill Significant
4 $1 CONESUS Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) Significant
06 How Livingston County compares

Livingston County vs NY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.41
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Livingston County
7.41
NY avg
3.48
US avg
7.15
0.69
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Livingston County
0.69
NY avg
0.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Livingston County
0
NY avg
1.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Livingston County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 36051.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NY

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Great Kills Blowup 2010 NPS 143
2 GK3 1996 NPS 98
3 NYIRR-FY19-RX-J Units 2019 FWS 81
4 GK06-01 2006 NPS 60
5 DRIFTFENCE 2001 NPS 58
6 north40 1997 NPS 51
7 HugeFire 1994 NPS 46
8 GOLF 2006 NPS 45
9 GRKILLS002 1999 NPS 41
10 Spring Creek 1 2014 NPS 39

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.